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A Cage of Shadows by Archie Hill

It’s the men of the Black Country who ever held me in bond, the native born. Between them, in a sort of composite form, they provided me with a substitute father. The simplicity of them, the strength, and sincerity. And … Continue reading

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East of England by Eamonn Griffin

I have to confess a personal interest in East of England: having enjoyed Eamonn Griffin’s work on Twitter for quite a while, I was one those who helped crowdfund this novel. I’m pleased to say that I am not disappointed. … Continue reading

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Return to Fieldgate Street

Why can’t I write something that would awake the dead? That pursuit is what burns most deeply. Patti Smith, Just Kids When I was a student in London in the 1970s I lived in a tenement block called Fieldgate Mansions … Continue reading

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Mothlight by Adam Scovell

  I scraped away a line of dust from the glass to reveal the moth inside. It had faded too, its lower left wing detached almost entirely and now disintegrating at the bottom of the frame. Something struck me about … Continue reading

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Of Ice and Fire: January 2019 Book Reviews

The Library of Ice: Readings from a Cold Climate – Nancy Campbell (Scribner UK, 2018) Nancy Campbell is a poet and a printmaker. She ascribes her fascination with the world’s icy places to the snow globe she had as a … Continue reading

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Misty Morning

Misty morning Damp, clinging blanket Icy wheedling fingers Into every crevice and crack The trees a hazy, spectral vision Winter-breathed image upon smoked glass slide      

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Croft Peace Garden

The Croft Peace Garden is a small parcel of land in Holt Street, Wrexham. It is built on ground that was formerly a burial site for members of the Society of Friends (Quakers). In 1963 the site was gifted to … Continue reading

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Underpass: A Sinister Turn

We live in a stocking which is in the process of being turned inside out, without our ever knowing for sure to what phase of the process our moment of consciousness corresponds.                                                       Vladimir Nabokov, Bend Sinister       … Continue reading

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Psychogeographic Review’s Books of the Year

Essex, the Fens, Suffolk, Sussex and London; 2018 has been a good year for books in which the landscape, be it the countryside or city streets, plays a prominent role. There is no such thing as psychogeographic fiction. However, there … Continue reading

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December 2018 Reviews

All Among the Barley – Melissa Harrison (Bloomsbury, 2018) This is Melissa Harrison’s third novel. With All Among the Barley and its two predecessors, Clay and At Hawthorn Time, she is establishing herself as one of the country’s foremost nature … Continue reading

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